Performance Improvement Ideas

Reallionaire is the story of how a poor black child living in the poor part
of Chicago become a millionaire before he could legally drive. The book is an
entertaining read with good useful action items at the end of each chapter for
those who want to copy Farrah’s success.

The story begins with his description of a synchronistic event where several
people bought him the movie The Golden child for his birthday. As a young boy he
was not too thrilled with the gift but he took the message to heart and accepted
the nickname and the quest.

He was introduced to the world of business and finance by his mother who was
always his best mentor and supporter. At only six years old, he accompanied his
mother to a business meeting. While the results of the meeting were not
profitable for his mother, he met a mentor who set him on his life long mission
to be a successful businessman.

The book chronicles his early struggles, successes and some of his failures.
It also mentions many of the synchronistic events in his life that some might
see as luck. But it is obvious that his intense sense of purpose attracted these
things to him.

His story is so powerful that it makes you wish your were a poor black child
form the ghetto so that you could be a millionaire too. In every chapter Farrah
gives some example of how he turned apparent liabilities into sources of
success.

I got so caught up in the story that I did not take time to do the exercise
at the end of each chapter. Having reviewed them, they seem to offer a concrete
step by step process that anyone can follow to become more successful. Even if
you happen to be a white man from a wealthy family.

What I like best about the book is that despite his environment and failures,
he never once thought of himself as a victim. He made his own breaks, created
his own luck and achieved what other people only dream about.